The usual weekly iieetin was hell on Mon dayei~nmivin~t thi ni'iics'"ia1sttiiutc (hcre was . fair atetdace of,.meimblrs,andi Mr II. HuIphre" occupieed the chair. The subject of Municipal Refor, introduced by Mr Salmon, Shad been.tinder :discussion :nf:thcil.st sitting, but was adjourned on the motion of Mr. Caitef. After minutej of the pivirdits imeeinig had been. read and confirmed, that gentleman rose,.and in the cour.qf ilpcch of 20 minutes'; diti: tion (a transgression of the rules, which siirt: each speaker is only allowed to minutes), expressed himlselrslbeinu in favor of the bill "n all it.xclaase-,.althpugh pcrhahs someccn?n r tillira ltdglt'ib2o?,'rlipatdclf4y 'f:ctivgrL/'5, Having given a few reasons why he supliorteil the..lbji!;,he ,roceededl t:oelaboratel a lan wllihhe had raea?iarc?'ro poilanting the sre, s of.thehorough, iith.,trees arlshrmibs " Ilk said ,ihbtlte douh 'plant fron the vwharf up Np?ier street, along Nicholson-strcet to the l pya Hotel, where he woult go...

News in Brief. "Napier Street."-Your letter came too later for insertion this week;.: The RightHIon: W. I. Forster approves of the annexation of New Guinea. The Nihilists are proceeding with arrange. (ments fiy the coronatiott of the Czar. OnFriday Iefore the Mayor F. McLtY.nalht was fined 5s for being drunk and'disordilerly. Now. that the new main is heing laid, an effort will be made to have reticulation extended to Braybrook. : The total amount collected for the Sellinger family is £31 t5s Gd for which theyire deeply grateful. The lists are closed. .Forty-five residents of Moore and Donald streets have petitioned for channelling. The work will be done. According to advertisement a pigeon shooting match is to come of at Itoward s Buckingham Hotel on Monday next.' A ur:nine is expected to take place in Cachar, in the IBengal Presidency of India; on account of the recent disastrous floods. Dr Simms, at one of his lectures, expressed his'opnion that the English:are the greatest whist...

CHRISTIANITY AND MODERN0 |^ OBJECTIONS: ' _J -, .i. TO THF. EDITOR OF THE INDEPENDENT. StRe-Your correspondent ;"Patrol "-i?ain declines to give his statement the emphasis of his identity, nor will he accept my offer, made to satisfy his scruples or modesty, to discuss the. matters he referred to by private correspon-. dence. Perhaps he is wise. It would cer tainly be inconvenient for the public to dis cover that an almost sacred trust is committed to a gentleman who, behind the hedge of editorial secretiveness" does not hesitate to ridicule a book the vast majority of theipcople in this coiniry revere, and endeavors to wound, the faith in which their hopes are embodied. "Patrol" may be certain that his anonymous verbiage in its spirit and purpose is rightly estimated and properly labelled by your intelli gent readers and your obedient servant. HENRY FORDE SCOTT.: May 2ist,' S8j3 .

A Trip to Beeohworth. BY A.M. I.was a raw and wet morning on the 21st. of last' month, that I stood .on the platform at Spencer: Street. waiting patiently, with a few score of.shivering wretches like myself outside the window duntil. the official, who. presides there, should condescend to open it and give us our.tickets to the various stations along the North Eastern route. . In our anxiety lest we should lose the train, many of us had slept but little the night before, and with thelow tempera ture at that .hour., of the morning, our minds were not in that, happy state usitally characteristic of holiday goers. And,we were now: compelled to -tramp, up; and ,lown. the platform to keep ourselves ?arm until' the, window opened'when we might get our tickets and take our seats in the luxurious and cosy looking English carriages on the other side of the-.barrier. Being the anniversary of the Eight.. Hours movement, it was a holiday:of course, and as usual on such occasions crowds of -peopl...

-BOROUGH COUNCIL. WEDNESDAY, MAY 2 . Present-The Mayor (D. Mitchell), Crs W. Mitchell, Steven, lBurrows Cuming and Johnson. CORRESPIONDENCE? Letters outward were read and confirmed and the following inward were received. From Mr Pullar, Secretary Maidstone Shire, wishing to know if the Council had completed arrangements for extension of the Van Yean from Powell's to Maidstone, as his shire was anxious for its further extension to Braybrook. The Surveyor sent in an estimate of the cost for various sized. pips. The price for 'layingree micTh pipes (thirty chains) would be i65 Cr WV. Mitchel moved,/;and Cr Burrows seconded, That the Council guarantee the Water departmenitthe liileif?e"Wn'th'E'xpendi. ture of £zoo.-Carrieda. From -C. 'Bridgford sinating that _he had lately bought some propertyini Wcst,Footscray for private use, ut rfound; ther 'was no main entrance`- into' the strieet and- he-asked for some consideration.-Referred to members of south ward'.'' , From WV. M. Clark, Esq., ...

Our Holiday in New South Wales. PART IXP y I cannot convey to my readers a fair idea cf the scenes of natural beauty which we only had glaiices of:as the train swept ppast; First on one side' of.th carriage and then on the other, the very attentive guard would give us notice --Now gentlemen,. be ready for this view,'you have onlya few seconds to see it, and then we were ;whisked intf''a position on: a narrow ledge ,between, valleys, of: the most majestic scenery that-I' think-ever human eyegazed on.' Imagine" the "railway running along .a nariow:.wall: crossed ,by others at all sarts of angles, and. between' each ,a .'view opens of beautiful gorges deep down in the. recesses tf the mountains a couple of thousand feet below Where farms and homesteads are spread out under-the: gaze, appearing as small. as'.the squares on the chess-board, and in the' clear atmosphere we could see .men and cattle moving like.. ants in the deep natural basin, which wound aibout in. tortuous convolutions"...

s St:.John's Progrxd ssive Unition The first meeting of the members of jhe .alboyp sccipty;,?-ls "hhellgl Tiipsday, ill Ih olge room.nof the Ropal Hall. 1'ierp w rc -about- oo ladies anid genilemerpresenranm a very plc~asalt evening was spent. The Rev. Mrp.\lantell, of ".Epe?n~ldo- dlclivricdyit highly' inteyesipg g ,n "t.H'ipg` lecture on "rl'ren ology," "which wvts gratlyitppei?i.Ilcd, dOple .f Airk Twi'L t t int ohuniprous itcecdptes siti Yuse,l 'sJI w, Ihw one' in l:;gt into !. we41).. throughl the bpmpt Of cC-11 n!! pt llt ig fully dtclopptl."' MrlMantelf haull thn sknll of uil ahoriginal with him, from which he poinlted out the various humps, he expressed regret that his supply of skulls was so limited, but would Ipe willing to accept application at the close of the meeting, from those who desired to leave him after death their.craniums to hbe examined. At the finish of the lecture, the rev. gentleman was greeted with loud applause, amn after one or two questions had been put ...

The Rev. William White, the pastor-elect &amp;nbsp; for the united charge of Wyndham and Little River, was inducted to the same on Monday evening, the 21st inst. The ceremony of in- duction was conducted by the Revs. J. R. Wardrop and C. Baird, of Geelong; the Rev. D. Maxwell, of Barrabool Hills; and the &amp;nbsp; Rev. J. Manby, of Meredith. According to the custom of the Presbyterian Church the sermon was preached by the Rev. J. Manby; the customary questions to minister and con- gregation were put by the Rev. J. R. Wardrop; and after Mr. White was declared inducteted, the congregation and their new pastor were further addressed by the Rev. C. Baird. The Rev. Mr. White is a new arrival in the Colony, this being his first charge. He filled for many years a pulpit in Manchester, and has had &amp;nbsp; considerable experience in ministerial duties in India. He is a gentleman of pleasing demea- nour, and of scholarly attainments, and the people of Wyndham are to be congrat...

DEATH McPHEE-On the 24th May, at Nicholson.st., &amp;nbsp; John Robert, the second son of John and Mary McPhee, of congestion of the brain, aged six years and six months. The funeral &amp;nbsp; will leave the residence, Nicholson-st, at one o'clock this day (26th May). Friends are respectfully invited to attend. &amp;nbsp;